Apples are falling
Bushels are full
Cozy knit sweaters
Darned with soft wool
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Evenings feel cooler
Full length are the sleeves
Golden bright colours
Hang from the trees
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In the stacked leaf piles
Jump round and round
Kicking and laughing
Lying back down
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Marshmallows are roasting
Nuts and fruits dried
Oven is baking
Pumpkin and apple pies
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Quiet, still evenings
Roaring warm fires
Sipping a delicious
Tangy apple cider
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Unwieldy large beasts
Visitors are soon coming
Welcome Thanksgiving dinner
X'es are happily hugging
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Yearning for the feeling of
Zen, when seeing the colours I love.
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Cathy holmes
Canadian family girl with a recently discovered love for writing. Other loves include animals and sports.
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Comments (34)
Such a nice poem! A great entry for the Abecedarian challenge! If you get the chance to check my submission out I would greatly appreciate it!
Lovely!
😍😍😍 Awesome! How did you get so much flow into an Abecedarian?? 🤯 I’m feeling the urge to go buy a pumpkin and drink cider now.
This is so good! I'm impressed with how you found words for each letter and the way you made it all flow so well. Also perfectly captures the energy of the season!
Great piece 🍁 🧡😉📝
This is super! It effortlessly flows and has so much delicate beauty. Lovely, Cathy 💜🌈❤️
I just got slapped with so much nostalgia I thought I was watching Caillou's Thanksgiving special as a child on fall break in preschool while my parents were cooking in the kitchen. Man, I remember the days of trying to scrounge together an allowance to help buy gifts for our family members. Just trying to rake enough leaves together and get them all to get in the ditch for the city to take em', and then playing in the leaf piles too. Ahhh, and You can't forget about the apple orchards with rows upon rows of apple trees along with their petting zoos. I always loved petting the cute and fluffy little chicks.
This is so perfectly done! Magical, 'Golden bright colours. Hang from the trees' Evokes so many feelings Christmas and stockings. Loved this! 🤍
Perfect! I feel so cozy. :)
Absolutely fantastic. This is one of your best.
Beautifully done! Very warm and comforting.
This poem makes feel warm and fuzzy inside!!
This was a nice poem.
Beautifully written. Autumn is my favourite season. I spent a good deal of my youth living in Vermont and it has implanted on me in much the same way as you have versed above. Thank you for sharing. 😀
I've never written poetry since having left school a very long time ago but, I love reading what others write. Thank you - beautifully visual piece💖.
Wonderfully written poetry. Vivid too.
Reminded me of autumn when I was a kid. Lovely Cathy <3
All the wonderful things about my favorite time of year🍁
Great job, it flows so naturally! I've always wanted to try one of those but those end letters are intimidating!
Very creative Cathy. Fantastic.
I love fall! This captured so many of my favorite things. I love the way you did this poem!
Fantastic!! Fall is my absolute favorite time season :) You captured all the wonderful things and in such a clever format. Great work, nitty!
This is just plain awesome! Extra credit for use of the term abecedarian!
Very very beautiful!!!
Wonderful, flowing abecedarian poem. Also very soothing and cozy.